World and Olympic coach Audrey Weisiger gives a double axel lesson at a Grassroots to Champions seminar. The skater in the lesson is working on a new double axel. Audrey starts by observing a double axel attempt and then… Continue reading
Jump specialist Trevor Laak continues his comments (see Part 1 here) on a monster double axel performed by Mirai Nagasu at the 2014 Grassroots to Champions Supercamp in Lansing, MI on July 9, 2014. The jump was performed during… Continue reading
Jump specialist Trevor Laak comments on a monster double axel performed by Mirai Nagasu at the 2014 Grassroots to Champions Supercamp in Lansing, MI on July 9, 2014. This jump was performed during G2C’s “Just Jump” contest which is… Continue reading
Olympic Coach Frank Carroll talks about the double axel. The double axel is the key jump separating the rest of the doubles and the triple jumps. It is a major hurdle for most skaters, and especially for young… Continue reading
Olympic coach Michelle Leigh continues her work with a skater on double axel. The previous video was focused on axel exercises at the wall where Michelle emphasized the sideways nature of the take-off and the pivot before the skater… Continue reading
Olympic coach Michelle Leigh shows a double axel exercise at the barrier to develop the proper take-off movement. One of the primary challenges for skaters learning a double axel is creating enough rotational energy so that the jump spins… Continue reading
Then play the second video to the see the analysis by Trevor Laak.
Play the top video first to see the jump being analyzed.
Tom describes and Taylor demonstrate off-ice jump drills that build to axel and double axel.
Chris Conte gives a double axel lesson in the stationary harness. There are so many gems of wisdom in this video!
Olympic coach Michelle Leigh finisher her discussion of the axel.
Nick Perna continues his lesson with Isabelle.
Sheila demonstrates how to use a harness for double axel. She also gives a few tips regarding the double axel and she talks briefly about the skid/no-skid on take-off issue.